"I-Grand Canyon yaseTexas"
ITexas yindawo ephakamileyo yendalo. Nangona kunjalo, enye yeyona nto iyimangalisa - kunye nokubaluleka kwembali- iindawo ezikhangayo zendalo kwi-Lone Star State yiPalo Duro Canyon. Eyaziwa ngokuba yi "Grand Canyon yaseTexas," i-Palo Duro Canyon ibingama-120 ubude ubude, ubude beekhilomitha ezingama-20 ububanzi kunye no-800 ubude. I-Palo Duro Canyon isuka e dolophu yaseCanyon ukuya edolophini yaseSiltonton kwaye namhlanje iyingxenye yama-acre angama-20,000 e-Palo Duro Canyon State Park, enye yeepaki ezizimeleyo zelizwe eTexas .
I-Palo Duro Canyon yayisungulwa ngokusemthethweni yimfoloko yoMlambo Olubomvu. Uluhlu lwamadala kundala kwi-canyon luya kubuya kwiminyaka eyi-250 yezigidi. Nangona kunjalo, lo ungqimba lwamatye, owaziwa ngokuba yi-Cloud Chief Gypsum, luyabonakala kuphela kwiindawo ezimbalwa kwi-canyon. Uluhlu lwamatye obalaseleyo kwi-canyon yiQumrhu loQeqesho lweQuartermaster, elibandakanya ubumba obomvu, i-sandstone kunye ne-white gypsum. Uqeqesho lwekota, kunye ne-Tecovas Formation, yakha into eyaziwa ngokuba yi "Skirts Skirts."
Nangona indawo ejikeleze iPalo Duro Canyon yenye yeendawo zase-Texas ezincinci ezinabantu abaninzi, i-canyon ngokwayo yayingenye yezindlu zokuqala kubantu baseTexas. Iingcali zenzululwazi yokusetyenziswa kwabantu kwePalo Duro Canyon zibuyela emva kwama-12,000. I-Clovis kunye neFolsom ziphakathi kwabokuqala ukuhlala kwaye basebenzise iPalo Duro Canyon. Ngexesha, i-canyon yayibaluleke kakhulu kwiintlanga zamaNdiya, kuquka i-Apache ne-Comanche.
Nangona "ukufumanisa okusemthethweni" kwePalo Duro Canyon - okokuqala uMerika akufunyenwe-kubhalwe ngo-1852, amaNdiya kunye nabahloli bamaSpanish babezi malunga kwaye basebenzisa i-canyon iminyaka emakhulu ngelo xesha. Kwikota yesine emva kokuba uMerika waseMelika "afumene" iPalo Duro Canyon, yayiyindawo yezinye "iimfazwe zaseNdiya" ezintle kakhulu kunye nokulwa kwimbali yase-US.
Ngowe-1874, abantu baseMelika basele baseMelika baphoqelelwa ngaphandle kwePalo Duro Canyon baza bafudukela e-Oklahoma.
Emva kokuba amaMerika aseMelika ahlanjululwa esuka ePalo Duro Canyon, i-canyon yawela kubunini-bucala kuze kube yilapho isetyenziswe kwilizwe laseTexas ngo-1933. Ngethuba njengengxenye yexesha layo njengempahla yabucala, iPalo Duro Canyon yayiyinxalenye yesihlwele esikhulu uCharles Goodnight owaziwayo. Nangona kunjalo, xa ipropathi idluliselwe kwiphondo, yaba yipaki yelizwe, evulekileyo ukusetyenziswa koluntu ngoJulayi 4, 1934.
Namhlanje, i-Palo Duro Canyon State Park yindawo eyaziwayo kubantu abanomdla wangaphandle. Ababonisi abanethemba lokubona "i-Grand Canyon yaseTexas" baqhelekile. Kodwa, kunjalo baninzi abanomdla abaphuma ngaphandle. Izintaba kunye neenkampu ziphakathi kwemisebenzi ethandwa kakhulu ePalo Duro State Park. Ukuhamba ngeebhasi ngeentaba kunye nokugibela amahhashi nazo ziyimisebenzi eyaziwayo. Enyanisweni, i-Palo Duro State Park igcina kwaye isebenza "i-Old West Stables," ehambisa iholide ezikhokelweyo kunye neenqwelo zamahashe. Ukubukela kwenyoni kunye nokujonga uluntu kudibanisa iindwendwe ezininzi, ezinokulindela ukubona ezinye zezilwanyana ezinqabileyo zasendle, ezifana ne-Texas Horned Lizard, i-Palo Duro Mouse, i-Barbary yezimvu, iindwendwe, kunye ne-diamondback rattlesnakes entshona.
Abo banqwenela ukulala ebusuku ePalo Duro Canyon State Park baneendlela ezahlukeneyo. Ipaki ineendawo ezintathu zokuhlala ezinkampini zamagumbi, ezine "ezincinci zeekliniki zenkonzo" (akukho zindlu zokuhlalisa zangaphakathi), iinkampu ngamanzi nombane, kwiinkampu zodwa zamanzi, kwiinkampu ezinqamlekileyo ezinkampini kunye neenkampu zokuhamba. Kukho i-$ 5 ngomntu ngamnye, ngemali yokungeniswa kwemini kwiPalo Duro Canyon State Park. Imirhumo eyongeziweyo yeenkampu kunye neekhabini zivela kwi-$ 12 ukuya kwi-125 ngehora. Ngolwazi olungakumbi, tyelela iwebhusayithi yePalo Duro Canyon State Park ngekhonkco elingezantsi okanye ubiza 806-488-2227.